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Our Staff


Mike Crewe - Store Manager

Pete Dunne - Vice President, Natural History Information; Director, CMBO

Don Freiday - Director, Birding Programs

Sheila Lego - Marketing Director

Brian Moscatello - Sales Manager

Marleen Murgitroyde - Tourism & Events Manager

Deborah Shaw - Administrative Director

CariAnne Slotterback - Retail Sales Associate/Naturalist

Gail Stern - Retail Sales Associate/Naturalist

Chris Tonkinson - Program Registrar

Susan Zipper - Retail Sales Associate/Naturalist

The Northwood Center

701 East Lake Drive
PO Box 3
Cape May Point, NJ 08212
Ph: 609.884.2736 / Fx: 609.884.6052
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GPS Coordinates:

38.940652 Latitude / -74.961998 Longitude


Northwood Center Hours
Spring Hours - April and May

Open every day from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Summer Hours - June, July, August - closed on Tuesdays

Open Wednesday thru Monday from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Fall Hours - September and October

Open every day from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Winter Hours - November thru March - closed on Tuesdays

Open Wednesday thru Monday from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM


Directions to Northwood

From the Garden State Parkway
Follow Parkway to the end; proceed through traffic light over large canal bridge and stay straight. You will then be on Lafayette Street all the way into Cape May. At the end of Lafayette, you’ll come to a T-Head at Collier’s Liquor Store. Bear right and follow the road but bear slightly left (go past Swain’s Hardware store) through 2 traffic lights. The 2nd traffic light will put you on Sunset Blvd. Go straight to Lighthouse Avenue; take a left on Lighthouse; take 2nd right onto East Lake Drive. Park along the roadside.

From Route 55
Take Rt. 55 South to the end, which merges onto Rt. 47. Continue south onto Rt. 347 (which rejoins Rt. 47 just north of Dennisville). Continue south on Rt. 47 for about 35 minutes until you reach the traffic light at the intersection of Rt 626 (Railroad Avenue). Take a right onto Rt 626 and continue on this road for about 15 minutes. Rt 626 becomes Seashore Road. Continue straight and will come to a large intersection at Rt 9; cross the intersection and continue over the small canal bridge. Rt 626 now becomes Broadway. At the next traffic light, take a right onto Sunset Blvd. Go straight to Lighthouse Avenue; take a left on Lighthouse; take 2nd right onto East Lake Drive. Park along the roadside.


The Center for Research and Education (CRE)

600 Route 47 North
Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
Ph: 609.861.0700 / Fx: 609.861.1651
Email Center for Research and Education

Center for Research & Education Hours

Closed on Sundays and Mondays

Open Tuesday thru Saturday from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Directions to CRE

From Route 55
Take Rt. 55 south to the end, which merges onto Rt. 47. Continue south onto Rt. 347 (which rejoins Rt. 47 just north of Dennisville). Continue south on Rt. 47 through Dennisville and past the turn off for Rt. 83. Go through the traffic light at Rt. 657 (Southville Restaurant on corner) and continue exactly 1 mile. The Center will be on your left just around a bend in the road.

From the Garden State Parkway
Take the Garden State Parkway south to Exit 17. Turn left (west) at the bottom of the exit ramp and proceed to the light at Rt. 9. Turn left (south) and continue for several miles until Rt. 83. Take Rt. 83 west (right) to Rt. 47. At Rt. 47 turn left (south) and follow directions from above.

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